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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Myoida Teredinidae 

Kuphus polythalamia (Linnaeus, 1767)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Serpula arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
   Serpula polythalamia Linnaeus, 1767
   Teredo gigantea HOME, 1806
   Teredo gigantea Home, 1806
   Septaria arenaria Lamarck, 1818
   Septaria arenaria LAMARCK, 1818 in 1815-22
   Furcella gigantea Gray, 1858
   Kuphus gigantea Sowerby, 1875
   Teredo dubia Sivickis, 1928
   Teredo dubia SIVICKIS, 1928

Common Name

Entotsu-gai B1361 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: B1361]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific

Keywords

substrate: mud 

References

 Turner, R.D. 1966. p.117 Synonomy
 Turner, R.D. 1971. p.24 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Pholadoidea
                  Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Teredininae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Kuphus Guettard, 1770
                        Kuphus polythalamia (Linnaeus, 1767)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54029) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-16. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.